Willdan Group (WLDN) Competitors

Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) and Mistras Group (NYSE:MG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WLDN or MG?

Willdan Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mistras Group. Willdan Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mistras Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Willdan Group	$510.10M	1.15	$10.93M	$1.63	25.55
Mistras Group	$705.47M	0.39	-$17.45M	$0.35	25.60

Which has more risk and volatility, WLDN or MG?

Willdan Group has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mistras Group has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WLDN or MG?

72.3% of Willdan Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of Mistras Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Willdan Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Mistras Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor WLDN or MG?

In the previous week, Willdan Group had 1 more articles in the media than Mistras Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Willdan Group and 1 mentions for Mistras Group. Willdan Group's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Mistras Group's score of 0.46 indicating that Willdan Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Willdan Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mistras Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is WLDN or MG more profitable?

Willdan Group has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Mistras Group's net margin of 1.52%. Willdan Group's return on equity of 13.84% beat Mistras Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Willdan Group	3.97%	13.84%	6.89%
Mistras Group	1.52%	9.32%	3.33%

Do analysts recommend WLDN or MG?

Willdan Group presently has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.68%. Given Willdan Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Willdan Group is more favorable than Mistras Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Willdan Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Mistras Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WLDN or MG?

Mistras Group received 24 more outperform votes than Willdan Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.51% of users gave Willdan Group an outperform vote while only 62.14% of users gave Mistras Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Willdan Group	Outperform Votes 278 66.51%	Underperform Votes 140 33.49%
Mistras Group	Outperform Votes 302 62.14%	Underperform Votes 184 37.86%

Summary

Willdan Group beats Mistras Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.